diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 171792e..c7e12e5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1261,6 +1261,12 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "aa9a19cbb55df58761df49b23516a86d432839add4af60fc256da840f66ed35b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fs_extra"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.32"
@@ -3889,6 +3895,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "crossterm",
+ "fs_extra",
  "iced",
  "ratatui",
  "rayon",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0d9c6ae..02341ed 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.6.1", features = ["derive"] }
 crossterm = "0.29.0"
+fs_extra = "1.3.0"
 iced = { version = "0.14.0", features = ["advanced", "tokio"] }
 ratatui = "0.30.0"
 rayon = "1.12.0"
diff --git a/src/install.rs b/src/install.rs
index 50a05a8..a818c94 100644
--- a/src/install.rs
+++ b/src/install.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+use fs_extra::dir::{CopyOptions, copy, create};
 use std::env;
 use std::error::Error;
-use std::fs::{File, create_dir_all};
+use std::fs::{File, create_dir_all, read_dir, remove_dir_all};
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::Command;
 use std::process::exit;
 use tetanus::funcs::get_user_input;
 
@@ -10,12 +12,16 @@ pub fn install() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     if let Some(homedir) = env::home_dir() {
         let mut config_path = homedir.clone();
         config_path.push(".config/tetanus");
+        let root_config_folder_path = config_path.clone();
         let mut projects_path = config_path.clone();
         projects_path.push("projects");
         let mut module_path = config_path.clone();
-        module_path.push("modules/default");
+        module_path.push("modules");
+        let default_module_path = module_path.join("default");
+        create_dir_all(&default_module_path)?;
+        let mut note_templates_path = config_path.clone();
+        note_templates_path.push("note_templates");
         create_dir_all(&module_path)?;
-        module_path.pop();
         module_path.push("custom");
         create_dir_all(&module_path)?;
         module_path.pop();
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ pub fn install() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         let mut default_project_file = File::create(projects_path)?;
         config_path.pop();
         config_path.push("server.conf");
-        let mut server_config_file = File::create(config_path)?;
+        let mut server_config_file = File::create(&config_path)?;
         server_config_file.write("address: 127.0.0.1:31337\n".as_bytes())?;
         server_config_file.write("running: false\n".as_bytes())?;
         default_project_file.write("org_name: default\n".as_bytes())?;
@@ -64,6 +70,32 @@ pub fn install() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             .write(format!("upcoming_notes: {}\n", upcoming_notes_path.display()).as_bytes())?;
         client_config_file.write(format!("module_path: {}\n", module_path.display()).as_bytes())?;
         client_config_file.write(format!("template_box: {}\n", template_box).as_bytes())?;
+        println!("\ndefault config files written!");
+        println!("downloading default notes and modules...");
+        create_dir_all("./temp")?;
+        env::set_current_dir("./temp")?;
+        let (git_clone_status) = Command::new("git")
+            .arg("clone")
+            .arg("https://git.pyro.monster/pyro/tetanus.git")
+            .status()?
+            .success();
+        if git_clone_status {
+            let mut options = CopyOptions::new();
+            options.overwrite = true;
+            println!("copying note_templates...");
+            copy(
+                "./tetanus/note_templates",
+                root_config_folder_path,
+                &options,
+            )?;
+            println!("copying default-modules...");
+            for entry in read_dir("./tetanus/default-modules")? {
+                let entry = entry?;
+                copy(entry.path(), default_module_path.clone(), &options)?;
+            }
+            env::set_current_dir("../")?;
+            remove_dir_all("./temp")?;
+        }
     } else {
         eprintln!("error finding home directory!");
         exit(1);